Mr. Burian - I in no way took the comment seriously, nor did I infer that you believed it wholeheartedly. I have a great appreciation of satire, and even sarcasm [which this wasn't], but was simply curios where the idea had come from. I have differed from you in the fact that I have enjoyed encouraging people to believe that the horn is the most difficult instrument, when in fact I have found it challenging, but not as hard as most would think. As an aside I don't have a specific opinion on what instrument the Devil plays himself but if anyone out there recalls the cartoon "The Far Side" there is one panel where the devil is opening a door for a gentleman in tails. Inside the room are about 20 banjo and accordion players and the caption reads "the conductor's room in hell" with good humour, Paxmaha
Steve Burian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello list, On the topic of Mozart's sacred music and the use of trombones and trumpets, but not horn, in his Requiem, I made the comment: "Besides, the horn is the instrument of the devil and we don't want that in a sacred work, do we?" To which David Jewell asks where this idea came from. I have to admit, I don't remember specifically how this seed was planted. It was really meant in jest. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
